Several initiatives have already been taken to implement the recommendations of the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into political victimization (the CoI) including the obtaining of Cabinet approval, the establishment of a Special Commission of Inquiry and a resolution tabled in Parliament. While Commissions of Inquiry have played a recurring role in distracting attention away from established mechanisms for justice and accountability in the past, the haste with which the recommendations of the present Commission are intended to be implemented is a cause for concern and may have grave implications for the independence of the judiciary, the rule of law and democracy in Sri Lanka.
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Justice Sobitha Rajakaruna appointed to Special PCoI
Justice Sobitha Rajakaruna appointed to Special PCoI
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Colombo (News 1st); Court of Appeal Judge Sobitha Rajakaruna was appointed to the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to Implement the Recommendations of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on Incidents of Political Victimization.
CA Judge Sobitha Rajakaruna was appointed replacing Court of Appeal Justice Ratnapriya Gurusinghe.
Through the issuance of an extraordinary gazette, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on the 29th of January 2021 appointed the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry to look into the recommendations of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on Incidents of Political Victimization and report back to the President.
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